This article presents five steps for corporate counsel to use for resolving ethical issues in the workplace.
Practice Resources- Tools and Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
A big part of your new job as an in-house attorney will be advising the business people of legal risks. Some of these business people will be good teammates, some bad, and some well...let's just say that your job will be much easier if you can identify potentially troublesome personalities and effectively deal with them. Learn some of the common problematic personality profiles to help you identify teammates who might require tailored attention.
The key to success is building real and lasting business relationships the old fashioned way—by earning them. And how do you do this? Janice Handler provides some ways she has learned.
"If there were an instruction manual to a legal career, networking and mentoring would appear as topics on the quick-start page." Read Julienne Bramesco's insightful words on the long and winding path of an in-house legal career.
"Being a CLO for a small law department is more than just adopting the title. It is being part of what makes your company thrive." Read more of Sarena Straus' thoughts on practicing in a small law department.
Chapters offer educational, leadership,
mentoring, and networking opportunities
that simply cannot be replicated at the national level. For many, the chapter system has been a stepping stone to leadership positions at ACC national.
Read more to ensure you understand the personal liability you take on when signing the dotted line. Do you have employed lawyers insurance?
For both in-house and outside counsel, being the best lawyer is not always about exhaustive application of legal skills. It may seem counterintuitive to some lawyers, but sometimes less is really more.
This is a story about Nelson— a mid-level lawyer at a smaller financial institution. He’s been in practice for about 10 years, in-house for 3, and works under a general counsel who has been with the financial institution since its birth more than 20 years ago. Nelson is competent, conscientious, hard-working, well-liked, well-respected, and honest. He’s like many of us at ACC.